Fun fight, and a nice schooling from Nogueira. Besides the sloppy highkick, Herring practically had nothing. Nogueira looked pretty good here, picking Heath apart standing, and taking things to the ground at will. Nice showing from Nogueira.
it was a big match-up for Nog to be introduced to the octogan. Nog pulled off the win and got all of the first-time-cage-jitters out of the way. I think he is experienced enough to be completly ready for the cage for his next fight.
Herring isn't the fighter he was 5-6 years ago, but is still an incredibly hard guy to finish. Nogueira is 70% of that headkick happening, he got over confident and leaned into it (thus getting caught).
Out of all the Pride fighters crossing over, Nogueira has gotten the least love. I was the only guy who thought Nogueira was hardly promoted? Shogun and Cro Cop were put over huge by the ufc, and nobody cares for Nogueira. The only guy who actually took the ufc seriously, trained hard and won convincingly. Now the champion leaves the company to fight another contender. Huge slaps in the face for Minotauro.
Anyways, good choice and finds on the video. I forgot how awesome the entrance tunes are for this one.
No excuses for Nogueira, when you can make a case. Little layoff, first time in a cage in ages and fighting a guy who knows exactly what to expect. But he still wins.
Nogueira was rocked, but he was pulling guard and defending himself.
Out of all the Pride fighters crossing over, Nogueira has gotten the least love. I was the only guy who thought Nogueira was hardly promoted
Anyways, good choice and finds on the video. I forgot how awesome the entrance tunes are for this one.
great point, Big Nog still hasn't gotten the respect or build-up he deserves. it doesn't matter, when he showcases his skills in his next fight all of the bandwagon UFC fans will know him :thumb02:
It's definitely not just you. It seemed like nobody even cared that Nog was coming to the UFC. He was introduced on a PPV, and that was it. Cro Cop, Rampage, & Shogun were given nice video packages, and special devoted to them. Meanwhile, Nogueira gets to fight some guy he beat twice already. Also, people discount Nogueira's nice display in the Octagon. Dude showed some nice striking, and seemed really comfortable in there, almost too comfortable (Which he paid for).
While Shogun & Cro Cop were a bunch of lazy idiots, Nogueira was training hard for his fight, and showed up ready to go. Cro Cop felt he'd walk through everyone and Shogun showed up in piss poor cardio and didn't respect a really good fighter, and he paid for that big time.
So yeah, Nogueira's getting the shaft here, considering he has better credentials than both Mirko & Shogun.
I noticed you've had to defend Nog's performance in this fight many times recently. Coming from mostly those who only saw the high kick. Is that the reason for this being your FOTW? :thumb01:
Anyway, it was a good fight. The kick was brutal, but I'm glad the fight was allowed to continue and Nog was given a chance to show his resiliency and toughness by regaining control of the fight and coming out with the decision.
Entertaining fight. I can't wait to see Nog fight again. Makes me miss the Pride crowd a bit though. Anytime that five seconds pass between exchanges, the crowd feels like it has to boo. Terribly annoying.
I loved this fight. I can't believe Herring actually landed that nice kick and almost capitalized. Dunno though............Heath just can't turn it on sometimes.
One of the greatest officiating jobs in recent history. Yves recognized who was fighting and gave Nog more of a chance to recover because of it.
This was my FOTN by far in "the greatest mma card ever". I was as impressed by Nog as ever. Can't wait to see him against Kongo, it's either going to be laughable at how inept Kongo is once Nog gets him on the ground, or Damone is gonna end up putting a shotgun in his mouth.
PS: Love the slow-motion nose-breaking knee by Silva at the end of his opening highlight reel.
Edit: Did anyone else score the first round 10-10 like me?
I think that Herring will get his feet back underneath of him. His old fights were great though. Yeah, Nog was hurt bad but he kept his head off the ground (after it bounced off of it) and motioned to the ref that he was good to continue. Further proof that Nog is top notch, because he knew how to keep his head in that fight.
That headkick Nog took was bad. It's a good thing the fight wasn't stopped because it shouldn't of been but in the next round herring should of jumped on him and ended it.
nog was hurt but hes known for his recovery skills and he came back and beat heaths ass to a unanimous decision
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